European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 1 2007 stars and stripes Page is in the world sex offers to help free brits in Iran the associated press London British negotiator Terry Waite who spent almost five years As a hostage in Leba non offered saturday to travel to Iran to help free 15 captured Brit ish naval personnel Waite said he was willing to travel to Tehran on a humanitarian Mission but he had not Dis cussed the proposal with the Brit ish government Waite who helped negotiate the release of hostages in Iran and Libya during the 1980s told sky news television he hoped that the iranians would behave in the same courteous Way to me As Treyve behaved before would perhaps give me Access to the peo ple Treyve detained just to be assured of their welfare so that that could be conveyed to their families and begin to see if we can find a sensible Way through this problem the eight British sailors and seven marines were detained by iranian naval units March 23 while patrolling for smugglers near the Mouth of the Shatt Alarab a waterway that has Long been a disputed dividing line be tween Iraq and Iran Tehran says the Crew was in iranian Waters but Britain insists its troops were on the iraqi Side of the maritime Border meanwhile iranian president Vou apply 75626 or Call 5103767328 from any on base class a Dan line rate and offer current As of april 12007 and Are subject to change rate dependent on amount borrowed term and Model year Cor Loon example ban of 579 apr 72 monthly payments of approximately each rate applies to online applications Only otherwise the applicable apr is 619 for up to 72 months Cua Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted saturday that 15 captured British sailors had been seized in iranian Waters calling Britain and its Al lies arrogant for refusing to apologize the country official news Agency reported the British occupier forces did trespass our Waters our Bor Der guards detained them with skill and bravery but arrogant Powers because of their arrogant and selfish spirit Are claiming otherwise Erna quoted Ahmadinejad As saying during a speech in the Southeastern City of Andin mesh instead of apologizing Over trespassing by British forces the world arrogant Powers Issue state ments and deliver speeches Ahmadinejad told the crowd Cele Brating the persian new year hol iday Irna said an iranian opposition group claimed saturday that the seizure was planned in Advance and car ried out in retaliation for the in sanctions imposed against Iran As an iranian Diplomat said the Case had entered a Legal phase former iranian president Mohammed Khatami told reporters on saturday that he Hopes the cur rent standoff will be resolved peacefully somali City reeling amid continued fighting the associated press Mogadishu tar shells and machine gun fire rocked Mogadishu for a third Day saturday As government troops and their ethiopian allies continued a major offensive to quash a growing insurgency by heavily armed islamic militants scores of civilians have died and the toll was sure to Rise As officials counted the dead the offensive which started thursday has sparked the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu since the Early 1990s on Friday insurgents shot Down an ethiopian Heli copter gunship and mortar shells slammed into a Hospital leaving corpses piled in the streets and wounding hundreds of people the victims Are the civilians Only civilians Are dying and get Ting wounded in this fighting said Khadijo Farah Warsame 45 a Mother of seven the International committee of the red Cross said dozens of peo ple have been killed since thurs Day and More than 220 wounded most of them civilians with Bullet grenade and other War wounds Ethiopia says its forces have killed More than 200 insurgents since the assault started somali presidential spokesman Hussein Mohamoud Hussein on saturday blamed the violence on foreign terrorists saying Al Aida had sent fighters to Bat the government and Allied troops
